COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two law enforcement agencies have confirmed that a dead body has been found in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Wednesday social media post that New Florence police on Tuesday were sent to at 7:58 p.m. Booneslick Road for a 911 hang-up call. Two people told law enforcement
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 21-year-old man was charged Tuesday with six felonies and jailed without bond after his arrest during a Jefferson City police response that included long guns and an armored vehicle. Danaun C. Washington of Jefferson City remained in the Cole County Jail on no bond Tuesday after his arrest at a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) What started out as a simple effort inspired by his son has now grown into an outpouring of support for one Columbia man. Daniel Edwards moved to Columbia when he was 12 years old and said he’s witnessed firsthand the lasting effects gun violence — especially involving children — can have on
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Several Jefferson City police cruisers blocked a street in a Jefferson City neighborhood on Tuesday. An armored vehicle was also at the scene on Olive Street. Some officers wore body armor and were armed with long guns. An ABC 17 News reporter saw two officers walking a man in handcuffs over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested and charged after he allegedly hit someone with his car multiple times on South Smith Hatchery Road on May 21. Zachary Wainscott, 28, was charged on Tuesday in Boone County with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond after police say he had a stolen gun that was allegedly used in a downtown shooting. Derrick Crumble, 33, was charged with illegal gun possession, armed criminal action and misdemeanor tampering with evidence. A court date has not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 37-year-old man from Mexico, Missouri, was charged on Monday with several child sex crimes in Audrain County. David Eugene Power II was charged with child enticement, four counts of second-degree statutory rape and one count of fourth-degree child molestation. A warrant was served and a hearing was held on Tuesday morning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Blue Alert issued after a Lee’s Summit police officer was shot on Sunday has been canceled. According to a social media post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the alert was canceled at 8 a.m. on Tuesday after Thomas Tolbert, 27, was taken into custody. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly woman has been charged after she is accused of stabbing a man in the back on Sunday. Moberly police responded to a domestic assault on Sunday after a caller reported a stabbing. Shannon Hackett, 55, is charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. According to court documents, officers
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri Department of Corrections inmate has been charged, after allegedly assaulting at least two Jefferson City Correctional Officers in Jan. 2024. Brian Koch, 28, is charged with two counts of violence against an employee of the Department of Corrections. According to a probable cause statement, Koch allegedly ran from the
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A Fulton woman is behind bars after she was accused of stabbing another person. Frances White, 61, was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Court documents state Fulton police were called to an assault with a knife on Saturday. The victim was found near 12th and Ewing with multiple injuries, including stab wounds
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man charged after a five-hour-long standoff with the Columbia Police Department made his first court appearance Monday. Octavious Bradshaw, 29, appeared virtually from the Boone County jail in the Boone County Courthouse on Monday. Bradshaw was charged with second-degree domestic assault, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action
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WASHINGTON (KRDO) — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed federal charges against Mohammed Sabry Soliman, the 45-year-old man accused of setting people on fire in Boulder on Sunday. The FBI called it a targeted terror attack, as he allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at people gathered for a demonstration in support of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Blue Alert was issued Monday morning by the Missouri State Highway Patrol after a police officer was shot in Lee’s Summit. MSHP put an alert out around 8:45 a.m. after a suspect was named in a shooting in Lee’s Summit. A Blue Alert is issued after a member of law enforcement
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Columbia Police arrested Octavious Bradshaw, 29, of St. Louis after a five-hour standoff Saturday morning in the 2700 block of Summit Road.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors charged a Columbia man Friday with having dozens of images of child pornography on his cellphone. Daniel S. Carinder, 24, remained in the Boone County Jail on Friday afternoon on a $250,000 bond after an initial arraignment. The investigation began in early April with a report to a Boone County deputy
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A prisoner at Moberly Correctional Center was charged Friday with animal abuse and harassment for allegedly hanging his ex-girlfriend’s dog by its leash last September. Brian P. Wadley, 42, was charged with felony animal abuse and harassment in Boone County. He’s serving a four-year sentence in Moberly on charges including receiving stolen
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police are still searching for a man seen with 59-year-old George Showalter before he was killed at the Red Roof Inn in 1994. George Showalter, date unknown On April 17, 1994, Columbia Police responded to a call at the Red Roof Inn Motel near Interstate 70 and found Showalter facedown and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department will add a second community resource officer to enhance support for the city’s homeless population and bolster mental health outreach efforts. Jefferson City’s current community resource officer focuses on mental health outreach and connecting unhoused individuals with available resources. They also work to balance the needs
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Black drivers were again pulled over at a rate surpassing white drivers in Missouri in 2024, according to an annual report released Thursday. The Attorney General’s Vehicle Stops Report is due on June 1 each year, but was released early with that date falling on a weekend. The report provides data
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